Nope. Dumb rule. If it's obvious, it stands. If it's in question, re roll
@tabletalkreviewsКүн бұрын
It's not a question of what number is on top. It's a question of was this a fair roll that completed naturally or could this be cheating.
@Landad_Күн бұрын
Pronounce the game right first
@tabletalkreviewsКүн бұрын
Haha, the game will always be Settlers to me.
@michaelgalotto1764Күн бұрын
I've been using this rule for fifteen years
@tabletalkreviews3 күн бұрын
The Holiday Hijinks Collection Kickstarter launches October 15th!
@thequantaleaper4 күн бұрын
The demonstration clearly shows the problem with this approach.
@tabletalkreviews3 күн бұрын
It does not. Watch again, the die is moved and is in 2 different positions. One is tilted more than the other.
@amish14 күн бұрын
That looks really neat!
@tabletalkreviews4 күн бұрын
It is! Thanks for watching.
@amish14 күн бұрын
@@tabletalkreviews you ever heard of Jungle Joust? I hadnt until I saw it at a place called ollies... Might be right up your alley.
@connellyzach7 күн бұрын
Glad you had fun. I know they have a Vegas version in the works.
@tabletalkreviews7 күн бұрын
Thanks for making such a fun game. I saw the Vegas one on BGG, blackjack and roulette mini games sound interesting. Need to setup a table in Pinball Alley at Gen Con and just have these out next year.
@terranceparsons518510 күн бұрын
You had me right up to the wagging finger!
@CheekiBreki42012 күн бұрын
Imagine trying to balance and D20
@tabletalkreviews12 күн бұрын
It's possible. You could also just balance a d6 on the d20 to see how bad the tilt is.
@theovereditedarena567212 күн бұрын
I play DnD and the rule is that you roll again if it’s cocked at all, no matter how minor, but if it’s a nat 20 then it’s a group decision on if it’s cocked enough for a re roll.
@tabletalkreviews12 күн бұрын
yeah, D&D is cooperative, so that works. Can also have the DM make a determination for the good of the game. Doesn't work as well in competitive games.
@ICountFrom014 күн бұрын
I like it, I'm using it (except on D4)
@mittens485915 күн бұрын
What, I just take them as they come
@VictoryLlama19 күн бұрын
what if someone, say A got a high roll (which is good here) but B doesnt like that and says the dice is cocked, so he on purpose pushes it slightly so it falls and get it to reroll?
@tabletalkreviews17 күн бұрын
It would be obvious. You place it gently on top and let go. If they do anything else, all other players at the table would report to the ref they are cheating. If they didn't push the cocked die, another player could properly test and show it was indeed valid.
@StruggleGaming20 күн бұрын
Ngl, not an issue if i can see the face its indicating. Not gonna sit here and perfectly balance a die on its edge. 😅
@BUBBA2792-120 күн бұрын
Yes
@rgbx692321 күн бұрын
It's a stupid rule, because depending on how careful you are, you can increase or decrease the chance to successfully stack the dice, so it's not 100% random anymore.
@tabletalkreviews21 күн бұрын
Not really, the die is placed directly on top. If it's tilted enough to fall off, placing gently won't help you and offsetting the die would be cheating. Dice rolling isn't 100% random anyways.
@benanddaniellereviews25 күн бұрын
Great work, Matt!!
@tabletalkreviews24 күн бұрын
Thank you and thanks for watching!
@GamingChannel-h4q25 күн бұрын
Bananagrams 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚕
@acelilumelody444525 күн бұрын
In the infamous words of Murph “ya gotta honour the cock”
@indef2def26 күн бұрын
That's a stupid rule if any person with an interest in the result is performing the stack, because it can easily be done in ways that have very different chances of falling. Perhaps okay if the player objecting gets to choose the player they believe would be happiest with the roll, and that player has to do the stack.
@TianyuQi27 күн бұрын
Instruction unclear, buying magnetic dice.
@tabletalkreviews27 күн бұрын
Outside of a tournament, if you could get that to work, I'd allow it. Would be funny to watch.
@jaredadkinson27 күн бұрын
No, just roll them in a box or on a surface with no lips if it’s that serious. But realistically, if you can READ the dice clearly you then their value is what the top face of the dice say. It’s not difficult
@tabletalkreviews27 күн бұрын
The problem is that tournaments are that serious and need to prevent methods of cheating. You can roll into boxes or dice trays and get predictable results, craps hustlers do this all the time. So trays are not allowed in tournaments.
@bokogonk27 күн бұрын
Instructions: if the roll doesn't favor you, implement this rule. Otherwise, the roll counts.
@tabletalkreviews27 күн бұрын
The roll is always likely to not favour someone in Catan and they will want to test the roll. Generally it should be declared as a rule up front, which they do in tournaments. The odd time I've used this in casual games, I only brought it up when an argument started.
@cosmosyn251428 күн бұрын
how fast is it compared to just rerolling whenever a dice ends up like that regardless of if it would have passed the test or not?
@tabletalkreviews27 күн бұрын
Tournaments are not really about speed, they want to make sure rolls are fair. While they could just have the rule that only flat rolls count, I'm guessing players who have had rolls that are barely tilted complain opponents are rerolling on values that were good for other players. So you have to test in a tournament.
@EmeraldLavigne28 күн бұрын
I use a size tray so I literally never have to worry about this shit
@tabletalkreviews27 күн бұрын
Great solution for casual games. Tournaments don't allow players to use their own dice tray.
@NocturnalPyro28 күн бұрын
Personally my rule is, if you can push it onto flat surface and still see the same it’s not cocked.
@tabletalkreviews27 күн бұрын
That doesn't really test if it would have rolled over to another number. Both cases tested in this video would not be cocked with your test, but one is clearly cocked and the other is not.
@MateusSFigueiredo28 күн бұрын
Can i purposefully stack the die really badly?
@PhantomInfinity28 күн бұрын
if it’s obviously on one side, then it counts. otherwise, reroll
@Dazyet29 күн бұрын
When you start calling a single die a dice is when I begin to disagree 😅😅😅😅😅
@tabletalkreviews29 күн бұрын
@@Dazyet I never referred to a single die as dice in this video.
@radiosilents29 күн бұрын
you literally demonstrate how this rule is bullshit???
@tabletalkreviews29 күн бұрын
Watch again and look for cuts. The die was moved, this rule is perfectly fine.
@Forgot10LegendsАй бұрын
I’m not interested in making the game last even longer😂
@tabletalkreviewsАй бұрын
You can test in 5 seconds or let your friends argue over it for 5 minutes.
@matthewwears7610Ай бұрын
During the auction phase I believe the cards are supposed to be faced down so you only see the back of the cards
@tabletalkreviewsАй бұрын
They are definitely face up. All cards are revealed (see Page 8), then first player chooses a lot to start bidding on. Would be a complete guessing game with the cards face down and not at all thematic.
@souln.Ай бұрын
I just press my finger on the die if if rotates i use that number
@darbyl3872Ай бұрын
No, I'm not stacking anything. We'll find another method. Maybe a smooth, plastic dice tray. Or just reroll everything that is on two surfaces.
@tabletalkreviewsАй бұрын
@@darbyl3872 if you play in a tournament, you don’t have a choice. Dice trays aren’t allowed and it is their rule for this. Smooth dice trays aren’t good anyways. The dice just slide on them instead of rolling.
@darbyl3872Ай бұрын
@@tabletalkreviews It sounds like a terrible rule. Who gets to "try" and stack it? Everyone? If no one likes the die face, they can "fail" to stack it.
@tabletalkreviewsАй бұрын
@@darbyl3872 Whoever thinks the roll is or isn't valid can test it. Or you can have the ref test it. You aren't trying to stack it though, it has to be placed directly on top and whatever happens happens. Any meddling would be considered cheating.
@arthurguillaume632Ай бұрын
Looks very nice
@tabletalkreviewsАй бұрын
The art is very pleasant
@randalthor2859Ай бұрын
That's a good rule, and one I'll take into all my future dice games.
@tabletalkreviewsАй бұрын
Glad to be of use.
@SpelljesterАй бұрын
No d4 is valid
@battleblaster4203Ай бұрын
Roll in a box
@myotiswiiАй бұрын
If its on alege the roller decides
@evilmushroom7442Ай бұрын
No I just reroll if it's even a lil cocked
@isaactelesco2141Ай бұрын
Someone tell Laura Bailey and Ashley Johnson
@tabletalkreviewsАй бұрын
Do they roll onto stuff a lot? (I don't watch Critical Role)
@isaactelesco2141Ай бұрын
@@tabletalkreviews they're constantly rolling in full dice trays and complaining about it being cocked
@itar10nАй бұрын
The Lion King, but the live action remake.
@tabletalkreviewsАй бұрын
Some may argue that is still animated, but I think they did performance capture, so I would count it as live action.
@Andrew..JАй бұрын
An obstruction doesn't remove the randomness of a dice roll so long as its favoring one face, like the 5 in the video. Re-rolling does remove the randomness because it hurts the roller if the roll was favorable or the opponents in an unfavorable. Unless you get the same number again (removing the purpose of a re-roll in the process), re-rolling makes the game less fun for someone.
@tabletalkreviewsАй бұрын
An obstruction doesn't automatically remove the randomness, but it can be used to remove randomness and backstop a roll onto a specific number. Tournaments have to protect from ways people can cheat.
@sawoop3856Ай бұрын
Does racism play a role ?
@tabletalkreviewsАй бұрын
What do you mean?
@FoxCDNАй бұрын
This is dumb, if you know where the top is to put the other die…. That’s the top and that’s the rolled result… just use digital dice if people can’t roll dice lol
@tabletalkreviewsАй бұрын
You aren't trying to figure out the top, you are checking if the roll was impeded. Which could be because of cheating.
@FoxCDNАй бұрын
@@tabletalkreviews the use a dice tray if it matters so much rather than using a silly method like this
@tabletalkreviewsАй бұрын
@@FoxCDN In tournaments, you can only use standard game components. This excludes bringing your own dice tray, which would leave them open for cheaters as well.
@FoxCDNАй бұрын
@@tabletalkreviews I get it, still a ridicules process. Kick butt in your next tournament :)
@tabletalkreviewsАй бұрын
@@FoxCDN Thanks, but tournaments are too much for me. I joined one at a convention once and dropped out after the first game when I realized I'd be spending the whole day just playing Catan. Process is maybe a bit extra, but doesn't come up a lot.
@byrontheusurper6505Ай бұрын
That's rlly cool, also CATAN TOURNAMENTS ARE A THING? That rules!
@tabletalkreviewsАй бұрын
Yep, search them up. You might find one close to you.
@halsdoang8189Ай бұрын
If it's a good roll it's valid, if it's a bad roll you reroll
@tabletalkreviewsАй бұрын
Except a bad roll for one player is good for another in Catan. This is where players would start arguing. Hence this test.
@hamzamotara4304Ай бұрын
See, my D20 dice towers were just practicing!
@tabletalkreviewsАй бұрын
Not sure I get your meaning.
@Cleric0YouthАй бұрын
You literally displayed way that rule doesn’t work by having it fall off once a then stay with just a slight adjustment to the top die.
@tabletalkreviewsАй бұрын
I moved the bottom die. Watch again and look for a cut.
@gisela_oliveiraАй бұрын
Buy a dice tray
@tabletalkreviewsАй бұрын
I have a dice tray. They are not permitted in tournaments.